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On this CD:
  1. Canon and Gigue in D
    Composed by Johann Pachelbel
    Performed by Taverner Players
    Conducted by Andrew Parrott

  2. 12 Concertos for Violin and Strings
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    Performed by Camerata Lysy
    with Sir Yehudi Menuhin
    Conducted by Alberto Lysy

  3. Adagio in G minor
    Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  4. Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conducted by Riccardo Muti

  5. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Jack Brymer
    Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

  6. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    with Jacqueline Du Pré
    Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

  7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Cécile Ousset
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  8. Concierto de Aranjuez
    Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Julian Bream
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  9. Swan Lake
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted by André Previn

  10. Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" in E minor
    Composed by Antonín Dvorák
    Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Mariss Jansons

  11. Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma'
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Adrian Boult

  12. Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Dame Moura Lympany

  13. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Cécile Ousset
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  14. Adagio for Strings
    Composed by Samuel Barber
    Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  15. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, "Elvira M in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Hallé Orchestra
    with Stephen Hough
    Conducted by Bryden Thomson

  16. The Nutcracker - Suite
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted by Mariss Jansons

  17. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    with Sir Yehudi Menuhin
    Conducted by Efrem Kurtz

  18. Cavalleria rusticana
    Composed by Pietro Mascagni
    Conducted by Riccardo Muti

  19. Gloria in D
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    Performed by Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  20. Coronation Anthems
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Performed by Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra
    with Sir Yehudi Menuhin

  21. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by David Willcocks

  22. Requiem in D minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by London Philharmonic Choir
    with David Bell
    Conducted by Franz Welser-Möst

  23. Ave Maria
    Composed by Charles Gounod
    with Janet Baker, Philip Ledger

  24. Miserere mei
    Composed by Gregorio Allegri
    with Timothy Beasley-Murray, Gerald Finley
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  25. Requiem
    Composed by Gabriel Fauré
    Performed by English Chamber Orchestra
    with José-Luis Garcia, Peter Barley
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  26. Lakmé
    Composed by Léo Delibes
    Performed by Opéra-Comique Orchestra
    with Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet
    Conducted by Alain Lombard

  27. Les contes d'Hoffmann
    Composed by Jacques Offenbach
    Performed by Duclos Choir, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
    with Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janine Collard
    Conducted by André Cluytens

  28. Pavane
    Composed by Gabriel Fauré
    Performed by Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra
    Conducted by Maurice Handford

  29. Gianni Schicchi
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Montserrat Caballé
    Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

  30. Madama Butterfly
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Rome Opera Orchestra
    with Renata Scotto
    Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

  31. Nabucco
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus
    Conducted by Bernard Haitink

  32. Les pêcheurs de perles
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by Opéra-Comique Orchestra
    with Nicolai Gedda, Ernst Blanc
    Conducted by Pierre Dervaux

  33. (Il) trovatore
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus
    Conducted by Bernard Haitink

  34. Turandot
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Rhine Opera Chorus, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
    with José Carreras
    Conducted by Alain Lombard

  35. Carmina Burana
    Composed by Carl Orff
    Performed by London Philharmonic Choir
    Conducted by Franz Welser-Möst

  36. Messa da Requiem
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Philharmonia Chorus
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  37. Messiah
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Performed by Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
    Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

  38. Also sprach Zarathustra, 'Thus spake Zarathustra'
    Composed by Richard Strauss
    with David Bell
    Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

  39. (The) Planets
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  40. Toccata and Fugue in D minor
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Wayne Marshall

  41. Symphony No. 40 in G minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  42. Symphony No. 5 in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by Kurt Sanderling

  43. Romeo and Juliet
    Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
    Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conducted by Riccardo Muti

  44. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor
    Composed by Edvard Grieg
    with Cécile Ousset
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  45. Boléro
    Composed by Maurice Ravel
    Conducted by André Previn

  46. Fanfare for the Common Man
    Composed by Aaron Copland
    Performed by Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Enrique Bátiz

  47. Die Walküre
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Mariss Jansons

  48. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    with Horacio Gutiérrez
    Conducted by André Previn

  49. (6) Brandenburg Concertos
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Kenneth Sillito, Celia Nicklin, Mark Bennett, Philip Pickett, George Malcolm
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  50. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    Performed by St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Mikhail Rudy
    Conducted by Mariss Jansons

  51. 1812
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Mariss Jansons

  52. Symphony No. 9, 'Choral' in D minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performed by Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra
    with James Morris
    Conducted by Riccardo Muti

  53. Carmen
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by French National Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  54. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
    with Emil Gilels
    Conducted by George Szell

  55. Pomp and Circumstance
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Performed by Royal Choral Society
    Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to classical music, 20 Oct 2002
By mohan (London) - See all my reviews
I have listened to quite a few compilations such as this one but never really felt like exploring the world of classical music much further. This album opened my ears to the delights of classical music by including pieces that are recognisable by someone like me who knows little about classical music. For example, I did not know that the dramatic opening music in 2001 - A Space Odyssey was from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss or that the background music in the British Airways TV commercial was the Flower Duet from the opera Lakme.

Since listening to this compilation, I have bought several classical music CDs and am enjoying them immensely. For example, I had actually seen Swan Lake and heard the music many years ago but never felt tempted to listen to it again. But after hearing the bit included in this compilation, I bought Tchaikovsky's Ballets (LSO, Andre Previn, EMI) and have listened to Swan Lake several times; each time the pleasure increases.

I also bought the Orchestral Works of Strauss (Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe, EMI) and The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos of Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim and Otto Klemperer, EMI) and listened a few times to Also Sprach Zarathustra and Symphony 9 a few time, again each time with increasing pleasure.

So this compilation album opened many avenues of pleasure for me that I was not aware existed.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful selection of every classical style - SUPERB!, 4 Aug 2000
By A Customer
A wonderful CD containing a lot of pieces that everyone will know, and including some new ones. An excellent CD to come home to and unwind with. It makes me want to explore the world of classical music more and has introduced me to composers who I would never have considered before. Definitely worth a listen to, especially very loud - only way to get the passion from the music!
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surely one of the best classical compilations about., 17 Feb 2002
By A Customer
I've had this box set for about three weeks now and I am still listening to it daily. I like to dip into classical music now and again, but this compilation has opened my ears to a number of composers hitherto overlooked...

Each of the three CD covers a "theme". Relaxing, Vocal and Epic. Granted, there are plenty of obvious choices (Beethoven: 5th Symphony, Mozart: 40th Symphony, Puccini: Nessun Dorma and Handel: Hallelujah amongst others) but what I have enjoyed from this box set is an introduction to a number of other, lesser known pieces from composers not generally recognised (well to me anyway!).

Granted, one or two tracks are a bit "grainy" and appear to have been copied illegally... (Verdi: Dies Irae sounds particularly warped at volume) but they are perhaps two or three from a selection of almost 60 tracks.

However, if you treat this CD as an introduction to the best of classical music, or simply as a tool for broadening your knowledge of classical music, then this CD is more than up to the job. If you buy it, you won't be filing it away after a week, that's for sure!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine intro to Classical Music
I bought this CD as I had heard that classical music was good for children and my son had just recently been born. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2001 by garethclement@hotmail.com

1.0 out of 5 stars Lovely choices, dreadful versions. Terrible idea for a CD
For absolute beginners, for novices in using the rubbery appendages at the side of their heads, this is still a mediocre collection of good music. Read more
Published on 5 April 2001 by paul.morton@talk21.com

1.0 out of 5 stars More of the same
There's nothing wrong with any of the music and if you were only ever to buy one classical CD, fine. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2000

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